From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 20:17:46 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (make_path_private): Use `sizeof *var' rather than `sizeof EXPLICIT_TYPE'.
X-Git-Tag: v5.1.0~271
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e5dda0ab935bc1c9b4bfa87db041bdb5de15b438;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(make_path_private): Use `sizeof *var' rather than `sizeof EXPLICIT_TYPE'.
The former is more maintainable and usually shorter.
---

diff --git a/src/cp.c b/src/cp.c
index 05c4bc2278..e92d819dd9 100644
--- a/src/cp.c
+++ b/src/cp.c
@@ -408,8 +408,7 @@ make_path_private (const char *const_dirpath, int src_offset, int mode,
 	{
 	  /* Add this directory to the list of directories whose modes need
 	     fixing later. */
-	  struct dir_attr *new =
-	    xmalloc (sizeof (struct dir_attr));
+	  struct dir_attr *new = xmalloc (sizeof *new);
 	  new->slash_offset = slash - dirpath;
 	  new->next = *attr_list;
 	  *attr_list = new;